Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Cali 2013

Our summer trip this year was to Southern California.  We stayed in a small beach city called Dana Point which was about 5 minutes from Laguna Beach.  Every day we explored a different beach; Crescent Bay, Laguna, La Jolla, Salt Creek, and Crystal Cove Beaches.  The weather was mild and gorgeous.  We also went to Legoland for a day and to Los Angeles for a day where we explored the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grauman's Chinese Theater, the Wax Museum, and Griffith's Observatory which had great views of the city.  I am happy to say that this was probably the easiest and most pleasant family trip we have ever had because our kids are all getting older.  Robert and I both celebrated our 40th birthdays while we were there also, or as I would rather think of it, our 39 + 1 birthdays!  Now we are all madly getting ready for school to start back up on the 26th.  I think it's safe to say at this point that I made it through summer with my sanity in tact, although there were several VERY close calls.


Me and the kids at Salt Creek Beach

Beautiful Crescent Bay Beach

These two got along well almost the whole time!!
Beautiful Miss M


Exploring the cliffs



My 5 precious people

La Jolla Beach





Lots of sand digging










These two are inseparable.  I love it.

No one was happier to play in the waves than this boy.
Me and my favorite

Legoland 

Ashton's dream come true
Kids in front of the largest Lego model in the world.  Built with over 5 million legos.



Grauman's Chinese Theater where the movie stars leave their handprints and footprints
Wax Museum with Will Smith
Madison and Justin Bieber



Why does ET remind me of my dog?



Hollywood Walk of Fame.  Christian poses with Hugh Jackman's star



Up by the Hollywood sign
Griffith Observatory

View of LA

5 comments:

Tiffany said...

Beautiful family! So happy to hear it was a pleasant trip. The photos of you are motivation for me to not eat quite so much junk today as I did yesterday.
xx

Jennefer said...

Looks like lots of fun! It is strange that we were just there too!

Krissy Noel said...

I feel like I need to go there now! Looked like you guys had so much fun and I loved your purple suit! You have such a beautiful family!! I really like that picture of you and Elisabeth.

DrFlynnDMD said...

Beautiful pics! That was one of our best/easiest trips and it was fun to do practically nothing everyday - just hang out at a beach. Kind of makes me wish we lived by (on) a beach, we all love playing in the waves. The best was when that giant wave ate you up when you weren't looking--so funny!

Life's New Adventures at home said...

Glad your 40th B-days turned out to be marvelous. What better way to celebrate than to be with your most favorite people in a beautiful part of the world where everything is sunny!